Improvement in bale-ties



'J'. M.- GOLDSMITH.

BALE-TIE.

No. 177,330. Patented May16;1876.-

WITNESSES r I ATTORNEYS NPEI'ERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHMGTON. D C- J.MORTIMERGOLDSMITH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENTVIN BALE=TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,330, dated May. 16,1876 application filed November 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. MORTIMER GOLD- SMITH, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in BaleTies; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being-had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked'thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of mybale-tie. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section.

This invention has relation to improvements in bale-ties, the object ofwhich is to secure a baled mass of any compressible substance in acompact form obtained by subjecting the mass to pressure; and itconsists in combining with a strap-iron binder, having upon one end atransverse piece of metal of greater length than the width of thebinder, a slotted buckle having slideways upon each of its side barsadapted to receive the transversepiece between them, and to allow it toenter the slot of the buckle, whereby the transverse lockpiece willengage with the front bar of the buckle, and a very effective tiev willbe obtained, the other end of the said binder having been previouslysecured to the said buckle, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates an oblong metallicslotted buckle, which is divided by means of a transverse bar, a,intotwo slots, 1) b, of unequal size. As shown in Fig. 1, bar a, as wellas the front bar 0 of the buckle, is sunk below the upper surface of thesame, the object of this construction being made clear hereinafter.

The side rails d d of the buckle A are provided with inclined ways 0,terminating in 'inserted into slot b of the buckle through slidewa-ys eand notches a. The other end of the saidbinder is passed from belowdownward through slot b of the buckle, and is drawn through the sameuntil the said binder closely encircles the baled mass. A sufficientnumber of ties having been thus applied the bale is removed from thepress, when its expansion will bend the plain end of the binderobliquely to the line of strain over end bar g of the buckle A, andunder bar a, above described, and willjam it up against the undersurface of the lock-piece f, thrusting the ends of the latter forciblyup against the side bars of the buckle. In this position the lock-piecefwill be engaged behind the front bar 0 of the buckle, and will hold itsend of the binder to a rigid and unyielding connection there with underany-and all circumstances. Bar 0 on the front end of the buckle beingsunk, as above described, the end of the binder will be, as it were,recessed into the buckle, its upper surface being below the outer faceof the same. By this means the danger of tearing the binder andlock-piece apart during.

transportation is effectually done away with.

In practice the lower surface of bar a will be beveled, as shown in Fig.3, thus providing a biting-edge, '6, which will seize upon the binder incontact therewith, and materially aid in preventing it from being drawnthrough slot 12 and unloosing the tie.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a'bale-tie the buckle A, having slots 1) b sunken bars a 0,guideways e, and notches n, adapted for use substantially as specified.

2. The-binder B, having a transverse lockpiece, f, in combination with aslotted buckle, having inclined ways 0, and notches a, substantially asspecified.

3. The lock-piecef, riveted to the end of a binder, B, and projectingbeyond the lateral edges of the same, substantially as and for thepurposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses. V

J. MORTIMER GOLDSMITH.

Witn esses:

EBENR. G. TUCKER, EDWIN H. DARLING.

